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title: 6 SAP Event Management Tips
description: Learn how our SAP Event Management tips can help you manage events that happen and expected events that don't happen.  Reduce business process problems.
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# [6 SAP Event Management Tips](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/6-sap-event-management-tips)

 Written by [Lonnie D. Ayers, PMP](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/author/lonnie-d-ayers-pmp) | Tue, Dec, 13, 2011 @ 09:40 PM

## What happens if the train doesn't arrive on-time? 

In this case, the non-event, i.e., **not** arriving on-time, is a [negative event](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/sap-sem-cpm-risk-register-design-template), and you can use [**SAP Event Management**](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/sap-partnership-advisory-services) to alert the entire rail management system to the fact the train did not arrive on-time.

### Why would you want to do this?

The short answer is to achieve higher utilization of your rolling stock. 

 

### Here's a little statistic I find astounding: 

 

In 1960, the average rail operator was doing well to utilize 5% of his rolling stock on any given day.  Why such poor [performance](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-to-improve-sap-profitability-management-the-ultimate-guide)?  Because there was no way to keep track of each individual piece of rolling stock using [automation](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/12-sap-crm-content-management-system-requirements).  Instead, there were [spotters who were](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/4-ingredients-for-a-successful-direct-marketing-mix-recipe) stationed at every train station and at other points who would [visually track and report](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/9-epm-sap-strategy-management-how-to-best-practices-to-implement-now) the location of equipment as it passed through.  This led to very poor [system performance](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/12-warning-signs-your-epm-system-is-in-trouble).

 

## RF-ID Tags

 

With today's [digital tracking capabilities](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/consulting-rate-calculator-whats-your-rate), using technologies such as RF-ID tags, IoT and advanced train signalling equipment, train operators can know where everything is, at all times.  [SAP Event Management](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-sap-s-hrms) is a key player in this drastic [operational improvement](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-to-get-the-webi-universe-data-source-connection-setup).

##  With SAP Event Management, you can:

- Interact with your customers to reduce work/time/[costs](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/what-is-the-tco-of-that-shinny-new-system-youre-about-to-buy)...
- Allow your Customers to report status/actions like Free for Disposition.
- Allow you to let your Customers interact and change objects in source systems.
- Reduce effort due to direct [communication](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/discover-project-managers-utopia-with-these-change-management-tips) with your customer instead of using Mail, Fax or Phone.
- **Use SAP Event Management (EM)** to survey:
  
  SEQUENCING,   
  TEMPORAL,   
  [QUANTITATIVE](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/business-ratio-formulas-financial-formulas),   
  and QUALITATIVE CORRECTNESS
  
  of your overall [Business Process Execution](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/5-keys-to-successful-strategy-execution) by controlling the expected [business process steps](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/4-ways-to-bring-digital-innovation-to-your-company) and comparing it with the predefined [business process steps](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/how-to-increase-profitability-sap-profitability-management-guide)
- Use **SAP EM** to react [automatically according](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/learn-what-makes-sap-dfps-solution-different) to predefined ”[what-if](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-to-improve-sap-profitability-management-p2-the-ultimate-guide)” scenarios in case of non-occurrence and overdue events.

 

This is just [a small sampling](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/learn-7-key-approaches-to-developing-buyer-personas) of the use of SAP [Event Management](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/10-shortcuts-to-mastering-multi-channel-marketing) system within the area of [Rail Operations Management](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/how-to-nail-sap-partnership-management). 

 

SAP EM is used in many other areas and is, frankly, under exploited. 

 

Our **[SAP EM consultants](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/SAP-BW-Consulting-Support/)** can show you how to exploit SAP EM to energize your [**Supply Chain Management** processes](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-to-understand-sap-supply-chain-management-and-bw).  

   

 

 

 

Thanks

 

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